Product Description

The 2030 decade is expected to see six "drivers" converge with unprecedented force in a statistical "spike" on the graph paper of life. Depleted fuel supplies, rampant population growth, poverty, climate change, famine and water shortages are all on a crash course that could plunge the world into a global dark age.Colin Mason aims to cut through the rhetoric, reams of often conflicting information and doomsaying to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is and the courses of action that we need to take now to avoid catastrophe. With over 100 priorities for immediate action to prevent crisis in the future, the book presents a way forward to a bright and prosperous future for all people.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #831503 in Books
• Published on: 2003-08-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 250 pages

Review
"Australian politician and foreign correspondent Mason predicts global catastrophe in the 2030s as a result of several convergent forces: fuel shortages, population growth, climate changes, food and water shortages, and international lawlessness. He offers 100 actions that need to be taken immediately to avoid disaster and build a possible better future civiliation."--Futurist

About the Author
Colin Mason was a senator in the Australian Federal Parliament for nine years and served on the Senate Standing Committee for Science and Environment. A well-known former foreign correspondent and broadcaster, he was also the SEATO adviser to the Thai government. Mason is the author of 12 books including A Short History of Asia (Macmillan) and the international best-seller Hostage (Macmillan)

Customer Reviews

Ignoring the obvious demolishes a beautiful theory
The problem with Colin Mason's prophecy of doom is that at least two of the catastrophes he worries about are mutually exclusive.

If the world runs out of fossil fuels (one disaster) then it must perforce be 'deprived' of anthropic global warming (another disaster) because without the oil, etc., CO2 output will fall and the global warming danger will go away, willy-nilly. On the other hand, if global warming is to happen then we 'need' oil and coal to burn.

Mr Mason's failure to recognize or otherwise deal with this rather obviously fatal flaw tends to induce severe scepticism about his entire thesis.